Gadhafi Threatens To Torch Oil Wells

November 17, 1993

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says Libyans are ready to torch their own oil wells to defy the West over the Lockerbie dispute, the Libyan news agency JANA reported Wednesday. "The Libyan people are ready to march by millions to torch oil wells, fields and ports," Gadhafi told a rally in Tripoli. It was a continuation of similar gatherings to protest the United Nations decision to tighten sanctions on Libya for its refusal to hand over two men accused of bombing a Pan Am plane in 1988. The crash claimed the lives of 270 people, including 11 on the ground.